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Updated June 29, 2001 12:01 a.m. ET

Vermin on Wall Street

There are live animals in one of Merrill Lynch & Co.'s cafeterias, and we don't mean the traders.

A recent inspection by the New York City Department of Health found Merrill Lynch's Hard Drive Cafe had "vermin or other live animal present in food storage, preparation or service area." A spokeswoman for Merrill said the eatery, which is used primarily by technology-services employees, had a problem...